The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-06


State Az mills, county for all purposes 10
mills-aggregate IA mills.
The weather Mt Branford is of a kind so
utterly damp that crops OF all kinds are suf-
ering. The fodder crop will be almost en-
tirely lost, and the effect Of the constant
rains on the cotton crop is most disastrous.
The pear crop in jefferson county has
realized well, the shippers securing from 81
| to 81 per bllshel. Two or three years hence
jefferson will place many thousand bushels
on the market, and it will prove lucrative
source of income.
The Governor has made the following ap
pointments for Duval county: Lotion NJ.
Jones, to be Judge of the County Criminal
| Court; A. w. Owens, to be County Solici-
tor; CORTLAND Buchanan, to be Clerk Of the
| Criminal Court, and T. 4. MacDoLcll TO be
States Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Cir
cult.
The plans have been drawn, the brick
ordered, and work will commence Sept.
ON a round-house at Palatka for the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
| Company. This building will contain six
stalls, that is space for the housing of six
| locomotives, and will be located near the
machine shops.
| The premises of Eli Williamson (coiored)
are among the most notable along the shore
| of Johns lake. His fine vegetable garden,
| orange grove and nursery are among the
| finest in the State in evidence of which it
may he stated that he has been offered
1000 for the place, which sum was re-
| spectfully declined.
Y. Adams q Co., wholesale and retail
| grocers of Sanford, have received bill of
lading for a lot of fine teas imported direct
| from Japan, billed from Yokohama This
tea order was given by Messrs. Adams az
| Co. to the drummer for the Japan house,
| and is the first direct importation ever made
| to Sanford. 1t comes through Macondray
| q Co., of San Francisco.
| The South Florida Railroad Company
| laid off the town of Auburndale in admira-
| bic style, with broad streets and avenues
and with drives on the lake frontage. A
park of eight acres was left with tho depot
| in the centre. Bermuda grass was planted
| on part of the park and it is now beauti-
full green sward. 1t is designed to further
beautify and improve these grounds.
Cattle are being killed daily by the fast
trains on the South Florida railroad, near
Fitzhugh station. The flooding of the low
lands has driven them out, and they loaf on
the track. The fast train Sunday night
killed three fine oxen at one dash, and on
Monday night the cowcatcher again swept
the track clear. Horns and things in the
ditch bore circumstantial evidence that
three more lovers of wire grass would Craze
no more.
A rather dull looking Cracker boy
came into the Oakland post Office the other
day, who, as the sequel proved, was not so
| dull after all. Mr. Wise asked him what he
would have. Don't want nuthin,n said the
boy. The Postmaster, being a little wag
| glsh, said; did you bring anything to put
it inr' mo; nuthin' to put that in, Gauge
the bottom of the basket is OUT" Then Mr.
| Wise subsided, and there was silence like
unto DEATH"
James Mcclure, son of the late Sergeant
| Mcclure of St Augustine, is supposed to be
wandering, while laboring under a state of
temporary insanity, in the swamp near
| Swectwater, on the Jacksonville, st. Angus
| tine and Halifax railroad, in a nude state.
| His clothes were run over by freight
| train Wednesday morning between Sweet
water and Sumterville, but nothing has
been seen or heard from him. Sheriff Her.
| nandeZ and posse are out with the citizens
| living in that neighborhood, hoping to find
| him.
| Reports from the farmers of Leon county
| give encouraging assurance that the recent
heavy rains have not damaged the cotton
crop as was feared. The plant is retaining
| its fruit and is growing steadily. The yield
so far is very fine and picking will soon be-
| gin. Crops of corn and other supplies for
home consumption are unusually produc-
| tive. Farmers are greatly encouraged at
| the prospects for relief from the depression
occasioned by the short crops of the past
two years. The outlook for the increased
| prosperity of Leon county is very flatter-
| ing, and all indications point to permanent
| advancement ct community interests.
| On Nov. Is, 1886, there was not single
| building on the present town site of Oak
| land, Orange county On the above date
the first train of the Orange Belt railway
reached the place, and at present it has
three-story hotel, with forty rooms, two
boarding houses, seven stores, one newspa-
| per and job office, one restaurant, one
meat market, one billiard room
large and beautiful church is nearly
| completed, and fine school building, to be
| ready next season, is under way. Over forty
| residences are completed and about $50 ac-
tual residents in town. The general offices
| of the Orange Belt Investment Company
and of the Orange Belt railway are located
| there, with their extensive mills and shops.
The town is rapidly growing, aud several
heavy investments have been made by
| Northern capitalists.
A young man. seemingly from the rural
! districts, went into saloon in Palatka and
was bantered by one of the inmates 10 play
a game of pool, The gentleman agreed and
six games We're played, all of which the
countryman lost He then started out and
was asked if he wouldn't take something,
which invitation was accepted. Again the
| man started for the door, but was asked by
the mixer of drinks if ne did not in
tend paying for the games of
! pool he had lost. The answer was that he
did not owe anything. The barkeeper became
wrathy and insisted upon payment, but
without effect. The young man said he
was going home, and would not pay for the
| games, as he had not wagered anything;
that he thought they were playing for fun
By this time the liquor mans blood was at
red heat, and a blast of--not Sunday
school-words went forth upon the head of
the young man, who finally invited his late
antagonist ont on the street, but he didn't
| go. So the young man from the country
| quietly withdrew.
Madison Recorder: The mooted ques-
ton as to whether Jacksonville will be pre-
| pared to handle the growing cotton crop
! seems to DO taking shape Much interest
has been manifested in the matter in the
cotton belt of the State and as Jacksonville
is, or rather should be, the natural shipping
| port of Florida, the result of the discussion
| has been unanimous among the press that if
| proper preparations for handling the crop
III Jacksonville are made that city would
get the bulk Of the present crop OF course
many cotton buyers are under obligations
10 factors in Savannah for favors received
| the present as well as in past years, which
favors must be reciprocated 10y sending
them enough cotton to meet tho demands